NASHUA — Using Nashua’s riverfront to promote businesses, attract new residents and encourage recreation is captured in a newly proposed riverfront development plan that has been adopted by city planners. Last week, the Nashua Planning Board unanimously approved the riverfront development plan as part of the city’s master planning efforts, however the document must still be supported by the Board of Aldermen.

On the grand opening of the South End's new Ink Underground, Bob Uhlig shares how to make successful open spaces with The Boston Globe's Tim Logan. "Color will help and so will good lighting. Filling the place with popular, consistent programming will go a long way toward making it a destination...You want to get people to come back, repeatedly."

East Boston, MA Lendlease has begun construction of Slip65 condominiums, part of the first phase of development of Clippership Wharf, a mixed-use community on the waterfront. Set on the harbor, Slip65 has views of the Boston skyline and shortest commute to downtown – one stop on the Blue Line or under 10 minutes via water taxi.

After months of online and in-person community input, Halvorson Design is wrapping up the planning process for the City of Nashua's downtown riverfront. The exercise has been illuminating for the City, and the ideas generated will guide Nashua's development priorities for the next ten years.

Boston – With summer finally arriving, events at Boston’s City Hall Plaza have picked up speed, and with that comes the highly anticipated debut of the landscape and hardscape improvements associated with the new MBTA Government Center station. In collaboration with the City of Boston and the MBTA, landscape architects Halvorson Design Partnership and architect/engineer HDR, Inc. have taken the first steps towards revitalizing this significant landmark.

We recently attended the ribbon cutting of the newly restored Lotta Fountain on the Charles River Esplanade. The fountain is named for renowned animal-lover and philanthropist Charlotte 'Lotta' Crabtree, and provides a place for pets and their owners to relax and enjoy the park.

Halvorson Design is an award-winning team of dedicated landscape architects, planners and urban designers who believe in creating spaces that engage people, transform cities, and respond to the complexities of natural systems.